Top Reasons to Hire a Land Surveyor When Buying Property in Zanzibar

Buying property in Zanzibar, and anywhere really if we’re being frank, is a burdensome process that includes a number of tasks that often involve multiple experts and professionals for the process to be a success. 

If you are buying a home, for a lot of people, this is one of the biggest investments they can make in their life. Having a survey done before you purchase your property can help you see future problems with the property that you want to buy that you can altogether avoid.

Before you invest in any piece of property, it is best practice to hire a land surveyor in Zanzibar. Your land surveyor will help you assess the property you want to take and give you the necessary information for you to make informed decisions.

Here is a list of some reasons why you need to hire a land surveyor in Zanzibar to assess the property that you are thinking of buying or investing in:

Uncovering Problems With a Property

The property you want to buy in Zanzibar might have faults that are not easily visible. The seller of the land you want to buy might give you information that is different from the reality at hand. In some cases, the seller might even omit mentioning certain property problems to get a sale. 

Hiring a land surveyor in Zanzibar will allow you to get all the necessary information about the property you are interested in before making the final choice to purchase a property. 

Some issues that can be uncovered with a land survey in Zanzibar:

• Differences between property boundaries
• Environmental impacts i.e flooding – if your property is located in a place that’s prone to get waterlogged during the rainy season
• Easements on the land by other parties

Land Survey Can Help in Negotiations

If your land survey in Zanzibar brings up any issues then this gives you leverage to be able to negotiate – that is assuming that the issues discovered are not deal breakers for you. You can use this newfound information to negotiate better prices – any undisclosed problems with the property decrease it’s value and this will leave you room to make negotiations in your favor. 

Old Surveys Might Be Missing Crucial Information

If the property you want to buy comes with a land survey, you might feel tempted to forego a land survey and rely on the one that came with the property. We would like to ask you to take caution here. If it is a recent land survey then that’s probably ok, but if you are relying on an old land survey that was done decades ago, you could face some problems by choosing to forego a land survey in Zanzibar.  

This is for the simple reasons that:

• Things change over time, the previous owner before you could have made changes to the property
• Environmental changes – there could be some environmental factors that have cause the landscape to change over time and you want to be aware of these.
• Advancements in land surveying technology might also prompt you to have a land survey done, the tools that are available now are much more advanced than tools that were there a decade ago. Having a new land survey done can end up revealing new information about your property.

Here at MK Surveyors, we take pride in the services that we offer our clientele. Do you have any land surveying needs in Zanzibar? Contact us today for any queries that you might have and we will be happy to assist you.